
Tom Parfitt
@parfitt_tom
Non-fiction writer about people, places, belonging.
Author of the memoir High Caucasus, geni.us/highcaucasus.
Journalism @thetimes on Russia etc.
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17-08-2011 11:28:24
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Finished #HighCaucasus by Tom Parfitt (pub. Headline Books) Hugely enjoyable and, for anyone interested in an outsider’s experience of #Chechnya #Georgia #Ingushetia #Ossetia & #Russia, a very timely read. A reminder that borders are never set in stone.








A "haunting, piercingly perceptive account of one of Europe’s least-known provinces" - another stellar review of Howard Amos's new book, Russia Starts Here: thetimes.com/culture/books/…

I know now I will also add High Caucasus to my Best of 2025 book list! It is an exquisitely well-written book that tells the remarkable story of journalist Tom Parfitt's perilous 1,000-mile trek from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea to help him find peace after witnessing the


NEW We asked judge Tom Parfitt to talk us through the six-book shortlist for the title of Edward Stanford Travel Book of the Year fivebooks.com/best-books/bes… Cc. Tom Parfitt, @stanfordstravel, Noo Saro-Wiwa, James Rebanks, @clarammond, Tom Chesshyre, @phoebersmith, @jeffyoungwriter


Iain Pears’s latest book is non-fiction and it’s wonderful. My review is in today’s Sunday Times Times Culture Times Books thetimes.com/article/00d664…



Big crowd in Norwich last night for Robert Macfarlane talking about the galvanising power of accepting waterways and forests as conscious beings, deserving of rights, just as many indigenous people experience them. Separate bravo to co-hosts Patrick Barkham and the Wensum!



Sadly, I’m already committed that evening, but if you’re free, do go along to Pushkin House for this: Howard Amos has written a great book and he and Tom Parfitt are fine storytellers and nuanced observers of Russia